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    Non-member Nottswoody's Avatar
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    Odd goings on at 2am

    At 2amish this morning I was on the site and noticed several strange names on the site yet on all of them it said location banned all new joiners all didn't have any info.. Could someone in admin enlighten me.. Perhaps it's just me if so sorry if not I have a screen shot of the names but not able to post a I don't have photo pocket but if you want to pm me your mobile I can send it that way..

    Just odd that's all

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    Re: Odd goings on at 2am

    Its spam matey. A definite nuisance!

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    Re: Odd goings on at 2am

    Yeah more than likely spammers, luckily they usually only get as far as the general board at worst.. but then we have to manually delete them.. pain in the 'arrris

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    Re: Odd goings on at 2am

    But how do they get on? Why would they even want to?
    Andycurry999
    Codeybowen36
    Duacwin2oyt
    Gregbarran33
    Jadenhart27
    Joshmuni20
    Kriswatson52
    Lylegryba52
    Toddboyd19

    That was the names

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    Re: Odd goings on at 2am

    They post random crap in another language with a link usually gets removed from the boards pretty fast.

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    Re: Odd goings on at 2am

    Quote Originally Posted by Dan y View Post
    They post random crap in another language with a link usually gets removed from the boards pretty fast.
    Can they not be removed? Just got me thinking what are they doing? How safe are all out details?

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    Re: Odd goings on at 2am

    I was told they have teams of people in China manually registering for forums all over the world so they can then spam them.

    At RTOC they only become registered users and only spam the boards open to registered users, unless they pay a membership fee, which they don't.

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    Re: Odd goings on at 2am

    It's happening again now 6.46 am

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    Re: Odd goings on at 2am

    noticed it a few times now, this guys on the longest and on sometime during the day. Duacwin2oyt

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    Re: Odd goings on at 2am

    As I say bud what and why would they be on here and how safe is our detail?

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    Re: Odd goings on at 2am

    Phew, when I read the title I thought it was an Rtoc users dogging invite

    On renault5gtturbo.com it's full of spammers. Ruined the site

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    Re: Odd goings on at 2am

    It's one main advantage of having a payment for use. It stops them there at registered user.
    Quote Originally Posted by Nottswoody View Post
    how safe is our detail?
    Why should you presume your details are not safe? They are registered users, that's it! Anyone with a working email address from anywhere in the world, that's not in a region I blocked, can register and spam.

    You would never know about the skilled hackers filching your details. Are you sure there's no keylogger malware in your computer recording every key press you make and sending it somewhere? Or to Prism in the USA?

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    Re: Odd goings on at 2am

    Can we get in touch with these guys in China and say there's a fresh new Renault site that's free to sign up to?

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    Re: Odd goings on at 2am

    Quote Originally Posted by Trevhib View Post
    Can we get in touch with these guys in China and say there's a fresh new Renault site that's free to sign up to?

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    Re: Odd goings on at 2am

    Quote Originally Posted by Trevhib View Post
    Can we get in touch with these guys in China and say there's a fresh new Renault site that's free to sign up to?
    You can.

    They also have some anti spam stuff on there Trev. As an IT guru Trev you should know that somethings are verified.

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    Re: Odd goings on at 2am

    Glad to see you're still on the site Andy

    I'm 100% sure Trev said that tongue in cheek, which I'm sure you know

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    Re: Odd goings on at 2am

    Quote Originally Posted by Alex View Post
    Glad to see you're still on the site Andy

    I'm 100% sure Trev said that tongue in cheek, which I'm sure you know
    Only ever after the good of the community fella.

    Sometime in life you just cant work things out. Hence possibly the best thing for all parties is what has happend.

    I have no animosity towards anyone. Its all for the greater good.
    Last edited by andybond; 29-03-2014 at 14:29.

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    Re: Odd goings on at 2am

    Andy, I agree, what's happened has certainly been for the best.

    PIULATBOSWYIGBWI
    Last edited by Trevhib; 29-03-2014 at 16:47.

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